People who've met, spoken or corresponded with me will know I'm quite a fan of stupid questions. In fact, I'm such a fan that I actually had to google for “wacogne stupid questions” as I began to write this to ensure that I hadn't written exactly the same thing before. I think I've always been an asker of stupid questions—someone who takes as true the old saying “He who asks a question looks a fool for a minute; he who doesn't remains a fool for a lifetime”. I have a vivid memory of working for an ageing physician during my very first jobs and being astounded by the asinine nature of his questions. It was only after the dual realisation that he asked the same category of questions as the wisest professors …